‘Dog flu’ adapting to infect humans, warn scientists A “dog flu” virus is adapting in the direction of being able to infect people, scientists have warned.
The virus is descended from a type of bird flu called H3N2, which first infected dogs in roughly 2006 and has now evolved to become a mammalian-adapted form of avian influenza. The Independent
See also:
- Increased public health threat of avian-origin H3N2 influenza virus caused by its evolution in dogs (open access) eLife
- Viruses: How avian influenza viruses spill over to mammals (open access) eLife
- Now be prepared for DOG FLU! Mutated form of avian influenza is 'creeping' towards infecting humans The Daily Mail
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